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Sense UI and Stock 2.1

I would flash Sense to my nexi if i knew i could switch between Sense and stock 2.1. could this be possible? in a different sort of way this would be a kind of dual boot.. idk, but thinking out loud

zachthemaster said:
I would flash Sense to my nexi if i knew i could switch between Sense and stock 2.1. could this be possible? in a different sort of way this would be a kind of dual boot.. idk, but thinking out loud
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it's possible.... you just disable HTC Sense and you have the stock Android UI. however, you cannot use the HTC mail, contact, calendar & txt msg widgets.

I have Modaco's ROM and a stock zip saved on my SD card and switch between them constantly. Just dont forget to backup beofre each switch. Takes about 5 minutes to have all everything including apps restored.

i know you can disable it, but unfortunately you're still left with sense colors (highlights mostly)(bright green) and the stock android highlight (bright orange) is gone. i guess im talking about a straight up dual boot between the two.

Have you thought about Nandroid?
You can back up your Sense ROM and your 2.1 ROM, and restore them if you want to use a different one; this is most like dual booting.
I haven't tried it personally, it might not work due to the different partition but it's worth a shot.

zachthemaster said:
i know you can disable it, but unfortunately you're still left with sense colors (highlights mostly)(bright green) and the stock android highlight (bright orange) is gone. i guess im talking about a straight up dual boot between the two.
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ok... based on your revised question, Nandroid backup/restore might work for you, though, you'll have to test it (as mentioned above). hope it works out for you!

You can use nandroid as kind of a dual boot system. I have 3 nandroid backups, one of modaco's desire rom, one of cyanogen's rom, and the stock rom. Whenever I decide to switch to another I do a nandroid backup of the rom I'm using at that time then wipe and go to my backup of the other roms. Once the rom is loaded I use linda file manager to delete the old backup of the rom I switched from and just keep doing that and they all stay updated. What is really cool is if I download something from the market on one rom, when I switch to another, it automatically downloads that app to the other rom so each one always gets updated with my apps when I boot it up for the first use after flashing.

Few Questions

First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.

Moving to General because this has nothing to do with developing ROMs.

Sorry about that Binary.
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Hollywood80 said:
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No worries. The Magic thread has been a bit slow the past few days anyway. It's nice to have something to do.

Hollywood80 said:
First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.
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If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.

AdrianK said:
If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.
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HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?

Hollywood80 said:
HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?
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If you want stock you will lose root. If T-Mobile send you the 2.2 update you will still not have root. Why haven't you checked out CM6-RC1 yet? It's stable and with root. I've been running it for over a week on my MyTouch 1.2 and haven't had any issues.
Individual results may vary.

So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Hollywood80 said:
So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Yes CM6-RC1 runs very well on MyTouch 1.2, you just need root and a custom recovery installed. You should use Titanium to backup your apps and data because a wipe might be required. I didn't have to... but results may vary. In regards to SetCPU, I wouldn't know because I am comfortable with what I have. I have 7 completely filled screens with JIT and everything else is default. I have just over 100 apps installed and I have about 150mb of internal memory remaining still. No need for a2sd.

Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?

Hollywood80 said:
Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?
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Amon_Ra, clockwork, etc.

Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.

Hollywood80 said:
Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.
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Make a nandroid backup first!!!!

Oh yeah of course.

Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?

Hollywood80 said:
Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?
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That's what a nandroid backup is for.
But try a complete wipe, reflash and restore SOME of your apps and data. You also need to make sure that you flash the correct gapps. Froyo not the donut, eclair one.

Yeah I used the one on the same post with the CM6 download link. Will try a wipe then try CM6 again.
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So Binary here is an interesting one for ya. I ended up doing a wipe. Also did a Dalvik wipe as well. Loaded CM6 RC1 on. Loaded the Google Apps on. Worked fine. Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed. Eventually it appears the Market installed every app I had running before I wiped. Not sure how it did that. Trying to get my Weather Widget Donate to work. Try to load the Large flip clock and weather widget and all it does is make my home screen fade a little but that's it.
EDIT: Finally got my weather app to work. Think I'm finally on the right track now. Loving the fact I can have up to 7 screens! And the Update All in Market is a godsend!

Hollywood80 said:
Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed.
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Did you wipe your ext partition?

Thats the google backup thing workin foe ya...also if its still slow turn off the color thing and turn ON jit under the cyanogenmods settings. And keep the clock at 576. Alsso dont enable compcache.
composically

Restoring original font

Trying ti go back to original don't after using the nexus font, also can't get system update cause I'm using fission

txmaninblack said:
Trying ti go back to original don't after using the nexus font, also can't get system update cause I'm using fission
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In ROM Manager (not FRM, Clockwork) under Fab's releases there is a zip to go back to stock fonts. I've always used that. Never tried it when using Fission, though. Thankfully, I haven't ran into a theme that changes the fonts with Fission. I also prefer stock fonts.

Ok didn't work what would I have to do to completely wipe the phone back to stock clear off all my personal stuff back to like out the box

you could try slapping another theme on top of it, like the stock one or the gingerbread one, can;t make any guarantees but thats how i got the stock icons back after a little mishap

mikfroyo 4.5

i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance

enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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you should be able too but you will have to reinstall your kernel but you should have asked this on ROMS thread

I did that and the wireless was not working so i recommend to do a complete wipe so you can make sure you dont have problems trust me on the long run its better.

enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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You'll save more time by wiping, believe it or not. A lot of little issues may pop up if you don't.

Do this... Make a nandroid of your 4.4 setup, then try flashing over it with 4.5. If you have problems, either go back to your 4.4 nandroid, or wipe and start over with a fresh flash of 4.5.

thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops

some questions
I am only a few days old to the flashing a ROM to the HTC Evo but I feel I have a pretty good hang of things. I have the following things:
4.5 Mikfroyo (installed last night after finally reading enough to upgrade to the 4.5)
netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc flashed
the sdreadahead-512.zip installed for faster SD card speeds ( if you want to try it out... http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/02/h...c-evo-even-faster-than-previous-mod.html#more )
but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
Also, just a general question. why is the 4g toggle missing in the notifications bar now? that was kind of handy for me. oh well, i guess i can just use the HTC toggle on a page instead.
Last question, i would like to flash a new theme to the ROM (white version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853050) But when I downloaded it, set it to the SD card, went into recovery, flashed it, and rebooted, the HTC splash screen (white screen) just stayed on forever. I had to restore from my backup, thank god I knew to do that before hand, and just kept the stock theme with MikFroyo. what could I be doing wrong?

I also am having a problem with the lock screen but mine is a little different. When i boot up and unlock phone for the fisrt time. I get a forced close error. Other then that everything in 4.5 is working good so far

btf6df said:
but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
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Long press on the .apk, a menu will pop up, then click rename from there. Just did it yesterday and it worked fine. I just added .bk at the end (htclockscreen.apk.bk)
As for the 4g missing in the pulldown menu, you can learn how to change it here (taken from the mikfroyo thread) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877003

thank you Bamba, the lockscreen is now operational and wonderful!!! always have wanted this lockscreen! (Guess it is true, the grass is always greener on the other side.)
as for the missing 4g toggle, i kimd of understand the thread but i will read over it one more time so that i do not mess anything up.
Thanks again!

enigma7820 said:
thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops
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What kernel are you using if you dont mind me askin?.. and are you using SetCPU or anything?.. Juice defender type stuff?..
I was just wondering cuz I have 4.5 w/ the stock kernel and only get about 28-29 most of the time... not that it really matters, but it does seem a little sluggish goin from app to app.... thanks

i have since switched to vp 3.0 remastered, and is by far in my experience the best rom i have every used. everything is working good for me so far and since falling in love with LP this is the rom for me. I am using the latest radio and pri 1.77 and sbc-net 4.1.9 no havs and it is amazing, really fast. So far I have been on this rom and kernel for 18 hours sitting at 71%. I am going to make a detailed video and post a link to it here and for youtube.

New to mikfroyo,Had cynaogenmod cm7 on evo with cricket.worked ok.3g did.Friday i had it flashed back to sprint.Put cyanogen back on it.worked great.EXCEPT the 3g would go back to 1x. So put 4.5 mikfroyo. and it works great.So my question is were do you get the updates for mikfroyo? cyanogen released nightly builds.Is there a site or info on updates?Also is there a 2.3 android mikfroyo out?

Check themikmik.com
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[GUIDE] Install Stock 2.3 (GB) Launcher over CM7

Sorry if this is in a bad spot, I just see this question ALL the time and I'm gonna make a good How-To in order to just link to it for all the questions that come up! (I'm going to cross-post in G2/DZ Q&A too).
When I started using CM7 nightlies, I loved the ROM, and I understand Cyanogen's reasoning for using an open source, versatile launcher like ADW, but I and many others prefer the look/feel/performance of the stock 2.3 launcher.
Installing the stock 2.3 Gingerbread launcher on CM7!
First off, props to frank707 from the Nexus S forums for this mod link. I suggest you go to the original thread and hit the Thanks button for his work.
You can find the mod here in the Nexus S forum: THREAD.
Download the first file in the thread and place on the root of your SD Card (not in any folder). This file is called "CM7GBStockLauncher.zip" (I've attached to this post for easy access as well).
Disclaimer: You'll lose all your homescreen placements and widgets you have set up with ADW launcher the first time you install this stock launcher.
1) Enter recovery. Hold down the power button in CM7 > Reboot > Recovery > Ok
2) In recovery, select "install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard" > select CM7GBStockLauncher.zip > scroll down with track-pad and hit YES.
3) You will see a progress bar and "ADW Launcher is now being uninstalled and replaced with the stock launcher"
4) When its complete select "reboot system now" in recovery, and get back to setting up your homescreens with the stock launcher.
And you're done! Enjoy your stock launcher and 3D app drawer!
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Additional info for people updating CM7 Nightlies:
If you want to flash this over nightlies every day, you need to follow a specific order to not lose your placements again.
1) Flash CM7 nightly via recovery (not ROM manager)
2) After install, stay in recovery (don't boot up into the ROM!), go to Advanced > Reboot recovery
3) After recovery reboots, flash the launcher mod (follow above steps).
4) Reboot system, and you'll be greeted by your original homescreen placements that you had before the CM7 update.
Just in case you're lazy, I've attached the launcher file also.

I use ADW Ex, but this is nice to have vs ADW and EX.

thanks!
Wow I was just thinking about why CM7 doesn't have stock launcher and here I go finding your post. Thanks a lot man, and I'll give props due to the guy that ported it from the nexus s. Thanks a lot, I've been running stock android on my G2 simply because I love everything stock. Now i can jump back on CM7, sweet!

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Wow I was just thinking about why CM7 doesn't have stock launcher and here I go finding your post. Thanks a lot man, and I'll give props due to the guy that ported it from the nexus s. Thanks a lot, I've been running stock android on my G2 simply because I love everything stock. Now i can jump back on CM7, sweet!
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Glad I could help.

What are the benefits of stock over ADW, if you will excuse the noob question.

Nonentity018 said:
What are the benefits of stock over ADW, if you will excuse the noob question.
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Stock generally runs smoother and consumes less power/RAM to run (not a ton, but a little bit). You also get the stock 3D app drawer.
And some people just like the stock look and feel, and don't use the ADW features anyways.

You sir are fantastic!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Nospin said:
You sir are fantastic!
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Aw, shucks. Glad to help.
Sent from my CM7-powered T-Mobile G2

Hi martonikaj,
Thanks for your post, I was just looking for a way to get the stock 3D app drawer on my Desire runningCM7 RC02 (I don't have the Desire Z, but the older one), but I have a problem and I don't know how to resolve it, so I would really appreciate if you could help.
I used Clockwork Recovery to install the zip from sdcard. And everything looked fine has it told me ADW was replaced by the stock launcher. But after my Desire rebooted ADW was still there :'(
So I looked at the logCat and here is what I saw :
E/PackageParser( 158): Package com.android.launcher has no certificates at entry classes.dex; ignoring!
I retried but the exact same thing happened...
I googled this error but didn't find the solution.
I also looked at my "system/app" folder, ADWLauncher.apk disapeared and now I can find Launcher2.apk, but if I click on it, I just get : "app not installed" (not shure for the message as my phone is in french).
So do you have any idea?
You or anybody else of course

cdue said:
Hi martonikaj,
Thanks for your post, I was just looking for a way to get the stock 3D app drawer on my Desire runningCM7 RC02 (I don't have the Desire Z, but the older one), but I have a problem and I don't know how to resolve it, so I would really appreciate if you could help.
I used Clockwork Recovery to install the zip from sdcard. And everything looked fine has it told me ADW was replaced by the stock launcher. But after my Desire rebooted ADW was still there :'(
So I looked at the logCat and here is what I saw :
E/PackageParser( 158): Package com.android.launcher has no certificates at entry classes.dex; ignoring!
I retried but the exact same thing happened...
I googled this error but didn't find the solution.
I also looked at my "system/app" folder, ADWLauncher.apk disapeared and now I can find Launcher2.apk, but if I click on it, I just get : "app not installed" (not shure for the message as my phone is in french).
So do you have any idea?
You or anybody else of course
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Could be a bad download. Re-download and try again.

Thanks for the zip to install!
Although... not to nitpick, but didn't the stock launcher that came with the G2 have pinch to zoom out? (similar to Launcher Pro) or am I mistaken?

supermario12312 said:
Could be a bad download. Re-download and try again.
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Lol did you see the date of when he asked? A month a half ago?

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! Although I like ADW, My friend does not. NOW she is enjoying the customization factor that rooting allows her but still having that familiar feel to her phone. Can't say thanks enough!
Jay
martonikaj said:
Sorry if this is in a bad spot, I just see this question ALL the time and I'm gonna make a good How-To in order to just link to it for all the questions that come up! (I'm going to cross-post in G2/DZ Q&A too).
When I started using CM7 nightlies, I loved the ROM, and I understand Cyanogen's reasoning for using an open source, versatile launcher like ADW, but I and many others prefer the look/feel/performance of the stock 2.3 launcher.
Installing the stock 2.3 Gingerbread launcher on CM7!
First off, props to frank707 from the Nexus S forums for this mod link. I suggest you go to the original thread and hit the Thanks button for his work.
You can find the mod here in the Nexus S forum: THREAD.
Download the first file in the thread and place on the root of your SD Card (not in any folder). This file is called "CM7GBStockLauncher.zip" (I've attached to this post for easy access as well).
Disclaimer: You'll lose all your homescreen placements and widgets you have set up with ADW launcher the first time you install this stock launcher.
1) Enter recovery. Hold down the power button in CM7 > Reboot > Recovery > Ok
2) In recovery, select "install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard" > select CM7GBStockLauncher.zip > scroll down with track-pad and hit YES.
3) You will see a progress bar and "ADW Launcher is now being uninstalled and replaced with the stock launcher"
4) When its complete select "reboot system now" in recovery, and get back to setting up your homescreens with the stock launcher.
And you're done! Enjoy your stock launcher and 3D app drawer!
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Additional info for people updating CM7 Nightlies:
If you want to flash this over nightlies every day, you need to follow a specific order to not lose your placements again.
1) Flash CM7 nightly via recovery (not ROM manager)
2) After install, stay in recovery (don't boot up into the ROM!), go to Advanced > Reboot recovery
3) After recovery reboots, flash the launcher mod (follow above steps).
4) Reboot system, and you'll be greeted by your original homescreen placements that you had before the CM7 update.
Just in case you're lazy, I've attached the launcher file also.
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Not to bump this thread.
But as a question about this, does this launcher allow 7 screens or just 5?

The Unnamed Time Lord said:
Not to bump this thread.
But as a question about this, does this launcher allow 7 screens or just 5?
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Not sure about this one but i know the true stock 2.3 launcher only allows 5.
And an easier way to do all this would be to google in market stock 2.3 launcher, install it, hit home button and select 2.3 launcher as default. Boom done.
Pretty sure if you use this method with nightlies your gonna have to do it again every single time you install a new one, whereas with my method it will stay through every install.

xsteven77x said:
Not sure about this one but i know the true stock 2.3 launcher only allows 5.
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Why is that? 2.2 had 7 max why would 2.3 cut it down to 5 max?
Thats odd..
*EDIT* I think I found a modded version of the original GB launcher that supports 7 screens over at the epic 4g area.